Chicken Gyro Kabobs + Tzatziki Dipping Sauce

I’m back!! I got back from my amazing European holiday early Friday morning. In my jet lag state, I almost forgot Saturday was Plaid & Paleo’s 1st Anniversary! I can’t believe it’s been a year: 210 posts and 150 original recipes later. Plaid & Paleo started as a way to keep myself accountable and turned into so much more. In the last year, I’ve devoted everything I have into this blog. I love creating new recipes and sharing my ramblings.

Thank you to everyone who put up with my numerous vacation photos on Instagram and my super slow responses. I’m still responding to comments! I’m so sorry it has taken me so long but I didn’t have good access to internet for the last two weeks. Also somewhere along the way I realized I needed to live in the moment. I put my phone away and just enjoyed the fact that I was in Europe! I still can’t believe I was away for a month. I kept calling this my “once in a lifetime” trip, but I quickly realized there is no way I’m not going back to Europe. From the food to the culture to the history, Europe is an amazing place with so much to offer.

If you weren’t following along on IG, I’ll give you a little reader’s digest version of my trip. I started my trip off in London for a couple days. From there I crossed the English channel into France and headed into Paris. Paris is truly the city of lights. Seeing the Eiffel Tower sparkling in the night sky was simply incredible. After Paris, I visited Switzerland, Munich and Austria. Crossing over the mountains, I headed south into Italy and visited Venice, Florence, Pisa, Rome and Pompeii. I ate my weight in pasta and gelato with absolutely no regrets! Next came the part of the trip I was most looking forward to… Greece. In Greece, I had the time of my life stopping by Corfu, Athens, Mykonos, Santorini, Ios then back to Santorini. Greece was a dream come true. I discovered my love of cucumbers, Santorini cherry tomatoes, Santorini capers, fava dip, tzatziki, gyros and tomato balls. Okay I pretty much loved all the food in Greece especially Santorini. Expect lots of Greek food in the coming weeks on the blog.

I ate a lot of gyros while I was in Greece and always with extra tzatziki. I became an almost connoisseur of gyros. Some gyros were meh while others I will be dreaming about for weeks. One thing I found strange was every gyro I ate also included french fries in the wrap. Actually all of Europe seemed to be obsessed with fries! Fries were a staple side for almost every meal no matter how casual or fancy. Anyways back to gyros. The best was a tie between two places in Santorini. Lucky’s Souvlaki and one I’m still trying to find the name. Lucky’s edges out the second slightly with it’s spicy paprika! Since it’s just me, roasting a giant inverted pyramid of meat then shaving pieces off didn’t seem like a good options to recreate my favorite gyro. I decided on kabobs and couldn’t be happier with the results. Even better is the tzatziki! I was worried it would taste coconut-y but my sister actually thought I used sour cream!

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This excites me so much! I used to live next door to a Greek chef and he would deliver numerous traditional dishes each week! And every delivery came with assorted Greek dips and sauces! I attempted tzatziki awhile back, but it was just meh… I can’t wait to give this recipe a go!

They are very similar. You just want to make sure you coconut milk doesn’t have any strange ingredients or it won’t separate properly when you put it in the fridge. You will want to make sure to just scoop out the hardened cream and none of the remaining coconut water!

Hi Camille,
That sounds so fun! I would cook this at 450 for 10 minutes then flip and cook for another 10-15 minutes. Definitely check the chicken for doneness before digging in because these are just suggestions.
-Vanessa